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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by hard Rock Bet. We
are part of the Volume podcast network. This is the
show that makes the squares sharper and makes the wise
guys pay attention. I am Chad Melman, I am joined
as always, buy my bff, my companion Michael Padre, my
co host Professional Better Simon Hunter Ello sign Chad.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
What a week of football we've had, My friend.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Dude, we can talk about the Indiana Hoosiers. I appreciate
everyone giving their love, attention, good karma, good vibes to
the Hoosiers. I will be going to Atlanta next week. Wow, Hoosiers.
Good man game for the final four game for the
Hoosiers against Oregon. Bigger news the Panthers body. They come
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through for us on the brass balls. It kind of
played out, no joke, exactly as we expected it to.
Bryce Young in the clutch at the end of the game,
making at least one play in the exact moment he
needed to make the play. This is why we've loved
the Panthers. It's why we've bet the Panthers. He's done
this so many times. They had that great graphic that
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he's had more fourth quarter ot wins than any quarterback
in the NFL since twenty three, twelve of them, twelve
of their fourteen wins in that time frame had been comebacks.
It was the full Bryce Young Carolina Panthers experience, and
we got it with the brass balls.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, bizarre game. I don't know about. When you flipped
on the TV, then you saw was trotial downpourn. I
was like, oh my god, this I was a little worried.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Yeah, this is gonna be quite an experience. But it's
also a reminder why we don't want domes. It's just
games in the elements, and you know, late December, early January,
that's just that's just the best. But yeah, this this
Bucks team, I don't know what they're gonna do in
the offseason.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I don't know if they're going to keep Todd Bowles.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
But in a must win game, you have Mike Evans
having two catches, you have Godwin with one catch, and
a Meca Book with one catch for eight yards. I mean,
it's so broken there. I don't know what they need
to do. But the first drive, Baker couldn't miss. Guys
were wide open, and the rest of the game was
just a brutal struggle. So yeah, very happy. We covered
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very emotional game. Unfortunately I was on the forty nine
ers side and that that did not come. That was
Purty's worst game I think I've seen him play in
his career. I think that's the only time Shanahan has
ever only scored three points as in offense.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
And I don't know about you.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I literally thought we were in that game the whole
first half and then basically they sacked Sam Darnold before
the first half ended.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Uh, and Shaneahan dies.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
A call on any of his timeouts, and yeah, it was
so weird, and I was like, oh my god, this
man has no confidence right now in this offense. So
tons of props Seattle's defense. They were the best unit
coming into the game. They showed up. You know, anytime
we hold you hold Seattle's offense a thirteen points, you
think think, all right, we should probably win or cover
this game. No, we got the worst gampossible. So one
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on one on the Saturdays, hopefully can bounce back. Today
comes Sunday.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
No, Trent Williams killed the Niners. That line moved to
three before kickoff. By the way, I know you were
worried about this. Rico Dowdo had ten yards rushing, he
did need seven to get to his million dollar bonus
in total scrimmage yards. He also had twenty five yards receiving,
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did not get as any time touchdown. So if he
didn't get his two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bonus,
he did get the million though, so good for the
Panthers to still be in it. Good for Rico Daudell.
Let's get into it. This is the strip down in
the room eavesdropping version of Sharper Square. We're going to
make some tough decisions today. You guys are going to
hear it all and then we will recap it later tonight.
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You can see the dynamic contest lines. Simon and I
are playing at the Sharper Square Pro Football Pick Them contest.
If you signed up to play at Sharper Square dot
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Chad and Simon or Chat and Simon BFFs. So remember
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play the minute any time between Tuesday and Sunday. So
some of these lines were talking about there have been
crazy moves. If you were smart you've been keeping track
and paying attention, and you either put picks in early
and then you make changes later in the week, or
you're playing the lines as they stand today. Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Brother? It's cool?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
All right? First one up New Orleans plus three and
a half at Atlanta. We're kind of on this in
honor of the Tyler Schuck for a million dollars game.
It has real meaning now because if the Falcons win,
the Panthers are in the playoffs. If the Saints win,
the Bucks are in the playoffs. Chris Olave is out,
so that worries us. How do you think Tedorold McMillan
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had a really good game yesterday and obviously had catch
that put them in a position to score at the
end of the game. His odds for Rookie of the
Year have improved since last night, so it's a longer
number for Tyler Shuck right now. How are you watching
this game since you have significant opportunities in Tyler Shuck
(05:19):
Rookie of the Year futures right now?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
And like I said, going to the game, if they
won the division, you know, Carolina wins the division, it'd
be hard enough to give the tet especially the fact
that win over one thousand yards.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah, he's over one thousand yards now too.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah, and it's just in a very very very weak
rookie class, he is the only one that really consistently
played well.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
The entire season for a team in contention.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, so's it's his award, and this type of game
where Shuck needs basically a throw for I don't know,
three p fifty two touchdowns, no picks, and win the game.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
That's basically the only way.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I could see him kind of pulling it out here,
just because he does have the opportunity. The last thing
people see tends to be the way a lot of
these voters vote. So he does show up and play
really well win this game, I could see him giveing
it to him.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
But you just said it's all it's all stacked against
him here. He's been against Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Team that is probably the healthiest they've been in five
six weeks defensively, offensively, and unfortunately for him, he's missing Olave.
So that's why this number has gone for three and
a half. So yeah, we're taking it. We have this
number locked in. It's just a tough week with these dogs,
Like a lot of these dogs I do like them,
but it's gonna be interesting to see how this one
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plays out, where I could see the Atlanta Falcons being
much more committed to this game than I can see
the Saints. Yes, I'm excited to see how this one starts,
just because for lucky enough Chat we get a big
seven oh start lead by the Saints, I'll feel much
more comfortable and throw down by fourteen going at a halftime.
It just feels the top game of third down here.
I know which conferdence I have in the Saints team.
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Where on the flip side with Atlanta, you know, as
good as they've been, they are another team that have
been totally upside down, up and down, I should say
this season. So we'll see Kirk Cousins is a big
three and a half point favorite. It's a lot of
points for Kirk to be catching these days.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
He's been much better. They've been much better with Kirk
Cousins the last five weeks than they were in the
beginning of the season with Michael Pennix. And now they'll
be full that they'll have Drake London, they'll have Kyle
Pitts let Bijon. Their defense have been playing much much better,
interesting matchup. It's one of there's two games in here
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that I'm pretty nervous about that we're going to talk
about in the first five that we have locked in
right now. Cleveland is Cincinnati Cincinnati minus seven and a half. Simon,
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know the Bengals defense is suspect, but we are always
going to bet against the Browns on the road. And
I will say it again Joe Burrow. The past five
games take away that Joe's in his feelings game against
the Ravens where it felt like he was a ghost
and they lost twenty four to nothing. They're averaging nearly
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forty points a game, and we know that they are
the kind of team and franchise that talks about building
on success, and we know they like to win out
at the end of the year so they can go
into next year feeling good. They have talked about it.
So Joe is going to go out there backyarded up.
He loves playing ball. He's got Jamar Chase. He's going
to try to light it up as much as he can.
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I'm on the Bengals at the seven. I think I'm
also big on the Bengals and the Rams money line
today we're going with the Bengals.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I think we're both in the same place with this one.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
We think this is a total opening up, you know,
put up big numbers heading to the offseason.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Type of team for this Bengals sit every year, right
these teams. Yeah, look that's our word with the Landa
right now.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Like these teams, they peaked late in the season, they
win to finish in a high note. The Bengals line
up for all those things. On the flip side of Cleveland,
I gave out that stat since last year after a win,
last two seasons, they're zero and six against the spread
after a straight up win. So it's just a team
that does not handled success well. And we joked it's
all about the sack, right. I can just easily see
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this Miles Garrett getting the sack and then totally shutting
him down defensively and once he's out that just I mean,
it's kind of new neutralize their pass for us. So
give me a really interesting matchup, and I just cannot
see Cleveland's offense keeping up with since the offense I think.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
They're already down now.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
So they're down their star rookie running back and the
star rookie tight end. Yeah, it's all on standers here,
so just a bad spot for them. So yeah, we
we love this one, and I hope people can hear
this and get it now. This is just just like
all these other these love their favorites, going up way,
going up high. This is gonna get up to minus
eight mins eight and a half by kickoff. I think,
(09:58):
I just think tons of money. Just it's like you said,
the money line parlays are going to be factoring between
the Bengals, the Rams, all these teams. It's going to
drive a lot of these lines up. You can still
get Bengals seven and a half at hard Rock, but
a lot of other books now are popping up eight
eight and a half.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Another game that's making us a little bit nervous Detroit
Lions plus three at hard Rock. Bet it's three and
a half in most places. And in our contest, they're
visiting the Chicago Bears. All the conversation about the Bears
right now. Ken Kleb Williams get two hundred and seventy
yards to get to four thousand yards. I know Ben
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Johnson doesn't give a shit about that. He's going to
play the game plan that's going to give them the
most chances at winning this game and confirming their seating position.
We know they've got a little bit of an advantage.
They got to be thinking about that because the Eagles
are going to be resting starters, so money has been
coming in at least at hard Rock on the Lions line.
(10:54):
The line has moved from three and a half down
to three. We are on the Lions here, Like I
woke up this morning and I'm like, why are we
on the Lions I have no feeling for this game
right now?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
You know we're supposed to be though. This is as
low as it can get for this Lions team.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
I just don't know when that's right.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
It's a bi low spot.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
It is the definition of one and it's a definition
of selling this Bears team that very very Like I
said all year, it's been so impressive what they've done
with just a rag tap to a group on that defense. Right,
They've had an insane amount of injuries, yes, and I
think you still lead the league in turnover margin, Like
it's just incredible.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
What they've done.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
They've been such a risker war type of defense. And yeah,
if you're a Bears fan, I think you have the
same mentality I do. You just need to outscore this
Lions team. That's what this is going to be all about,
just because the Lions are going to lay it all
out there, right. Their achilles heel this season has been
that offensive line. Do you guys have the guys that
can really make a difference on that defensive line? We
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do not, And that's the issue there. So I can
see this being like the old days of the Lions.
That Campbell's gonna try to run the ball thirty five times.
He just seems hell bent are running the ball in
this game and setting the tone and into the offseason
with this team. So yeah, the Lions, you know, I
can't get over how this point of a year it is,
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but they know it's.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Been the injuries.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
So for for this Bears team, can they live up
to this moment chat after having such a letdown? And
that's Sunday night game, right, they lost the one seed.
Now they're playing for the teacher. He's saw a huge deal. Right,
They're still gonna get up for that. But I'm really
interesting how these young team handles that. And that's that's
why I'm banking this Detroit team, especially the number. And
it's all money, all the tickets, everything is pouring in
(12:37):
on this Bears team right now. Like I'm looking at
a couple of different books, eighty percent of the money
is on this Bears team. So you know, I get
where the polks coming from. The Lions have their last
time we saw them play, I think, but they have
five turnovers against the Vikings, just like themselves in a game.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
But it's the number, Chad.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
If it was two and a half, two, you could
have talked into this Bears team. But at three to
three and a half, come on, you gotta take the line.
The Bears, even against bad teams this year, they just
played close games. It's just who they are. They play
these type of close games. So give me the three
in the hook with this Lion's team, all right?
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Fulle Arizona at the Los Angeles Rams. Crazy line move
in this one. We've been talking about the Rams all week.
Hopefully people were listening. The line had been seven last Sunday,
we were betting at seven seven and a half. We
have locked it in at seven and a half in
the contest. This is going to be the pivot point
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game for us this week about changes we want to
make because the line is now thirteen and a half,
so we're getting a massive, massive advantage. We're getting a
great number in the contest. We've been betting it at
seven seven and a half a week. I would not
recommend anyone better at thirteen and a half. So we're
not saying take them, take the rams right now, put
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them in some moneyline parlays. But how are we not
loving this right now?
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
I love it, just like I said, though I think
I said if there's a show, I don't hate if
this number got up to what it is at now
thirteen thirteen and a half, just because what I talked about,
this is the type of game where McVeigh I can
never see him, you know, running the clock out. I
just think he wants to just get this offense and
then best rhythmiculd possibly get, which is just putting up
a ton of points. And I gave you my whole
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Stafford pitch about MVP. Yeah, he needs to get the
three touchdowns and he joins that magical club of Bradon
Aaron Rodgers of forty five touchdowns under ten interceptions, both
one MVP. So there are some weird numbers here where
the Rams are going to try to go after it.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
But you're right. The scary part is this number.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Jump six points because what they're playing for the fifth seed?
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Now, yeah, exactly right, kind of in insane movement. Yeah,
like we talked about, I hope people took the Rams.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
They could have got at a better number. And yeah,
this is not like you said we were locked in here.
If we were going to take any game, I think
we both agree it probably would be the Saints. But
this is such an a incredible value. I'm happy to
keep our picks as is, just because you're six points
of value here.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You know, my only other great is we didn't take
the Vikings, but this.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
One, Yeah, I regret that as well. My bad Baltimore
at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh plus three and a half. Lamar is playing.
This line hasn't budged. No, Lamar hasn't looked good all season,
struggling running the ball. He's now coming off a back injury.
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It's a raw Ram Mike Tomlin spot. The other day,
we were thinking maybe we like it more that Lamar
is playing instead of Snoop Huntley because we don't know
how healthy he's going to be, and there's a lot
of drama going on in the Ravens right now. End
of the day. I'll say it again, I don't think
this Ravens defense is very good. So to me, that's
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the on field value in getting the hook for the
Steelers at three and a half.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Yeah, and there actually is a little bit of lineman
like hard Rock in Jersey now has moved the four. So,
like I said, I think I said that on Thursday
Show that if Lamar does get cleared, you could get
some four to four and a halfs. The way it's
looking now, I do think we get there by kickoff.
I just think the public will keep coming on the
Ravens and just keep betting this number up. So I
do think you might be able to get a four
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if you're patient here on the Steelers, if that's what
you want. But you know, this is another game where
you try to make sense of it and you're gonna
drive yourself crazy. These matchups never make sense. You just
need to take the dogs and me and Chad we
paid dearly. I still look back. I cannot believe. We
can't believe we did it as a five and a
half point favorite, but even we get burnt here, it's
a long term winner. You just take this position on
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Pittsburgh and you really are banking on their defense to
show up. That's that's what we're hanging our hat on,
just because we know without DK, it's gonna be it's
gonna be hard to move the ball for the Steelers.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
You just saw that.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Like Roger's not having his safety val, that's a big
deal in his career. You go through all of Rogers history,
he always had a dominant number one. You could say, well,
he makes them the dominant number one. Yes, no one's
disagree with you. He made Jordan Nelson, Devontae Adams, you know,
James Jones, all these guys work. I just you saw
last week like three straight through his mvs. Not the
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position me and Chat want to be in, but it's
the exac scenario. Like I think he had a great
quote Aaron Rodgers. He said, how many times have I
played back to back bad games? Which I look through
it in his old age, he has had a couple
of back to back stinkers. But this exact pipe of
matchup like will playoff to make the playoff at home
as a dog. You know, Rogers has only been in
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the spot one of their time his career and he won.
So I know it's tough because he's an aging guy
and you know you're now taking away his number one receiver.
But it's the Tomlin voodoo. It's the Tomlin vood at
the in the day. And it's a weird game too.
I talked to Pittsburgh's tough their fans. They want to
lose this because they want to get rid of Tomlin.
I think they want Freeman, the guy from what is
a Notre Dame.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
He's not Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
I don't want to get too hard into college coaches.
I know how protective vory about your college. But if
I'm the Raiders Fernando Mendoza, I'm throwing the book at
your head.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Coach.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I do not care what his price is. I'm getting
the coach in the quarterback. But for this game, yeah,
I just you know, if we could get four and
a half, if people are listening live, and you can
get four and a half now because it is dynamic
lines and the lines are moving obviously, we'd much rather
be there, But I'm not scared off not only having
the three and a half.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I think that's perfectly fine number.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
We give the stats whenever it's three or above underdog
in this exact matchup at seventy one percent success rate
cover rate, it should say for the dog in the spot.
So give me Tomlin, give me this Steers plus three
and a half.
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Which interesting to me about this game is that when
we thought Jalen Hurts might be starting, and he is not,
it is going to be Tanner McKee, the backup from Stanford.
The game was about seven, it's four. It was four
and a half when it was reposted with Tanner McKee,
so it's moved down. The Eagles love Tanner McKee. He
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hasn't played, you know, in a game since Week eighteen
last year. You even intimated the other day on the
show on Thursday that as a fan and someone who's
paying close attention, you like Tanner McKee. So all of
a sudden, it feels like the Eagles are in play
for us.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Yeah, and it's unfortunately like we said, it's tough for
us to move any guys out because we have such
good numbers. But I love the Eagles here for this
matchup just because it's a lot of the guys I
thought we're gonna sit aren't gonna sit.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Right.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
They're playing a lot of people because they have to
because of injuries, and you know, key starters on the
defense and on the offense. You know Tanner, we talked
a little bit about it. I think he would be
one of the thirty two stars in this league. I
just think everything about him reminds me of Nick Foles.
He's just this really tall, strong, deep ball thrower and
he's really tough to take down the pocket on the
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flip side of Washington, I thought it was gonna Marryota.
That's why I think the number kind of fluctuated where
it was so low as it was, and now it's
come out that he's not gonna play.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
It's gonna be Josh Johnson here. So yeah, it's it's number.
It's coming up. Like you can get the four right
now at hard Rock.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Every other book is four and a half, and a
couple books have already moved the five.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
So it's just another line on betting.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I like the Eagles here, like this matchup, and if
this is, you know, a close game heading into the fourth,
you know, I think that favors this Eagles team. And
in many ways, I just think defensively, when you have
Vic Cole in these plays, you could turn up to
another level. And like I said, Brainer Graham's playing like
a lot of vets are still playing for this Eagles team,
especially on the defensive side. They just don't have enough
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bodies to fill in. So yeah, give me. Give me
Eagles team against the Washington that's literally playing for nothing.
They've had their backs packed for two months now, I
mean just total total loss season and I just have
a hard time thinking the air and get up for
this game.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Dallas Cowboys at the New York Giants. This number is
three and a half in a lot of places, but
it's down to three at hard Rock. We know the
Cowboys are going to be going all out. It's a
chance to end the season completely mediocre. But Dak has
been playing great. Pickens is playing for a new contract.
They've got no reason to sit people. Their defense is
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bad no matter who they play. The Giants, there's real
repercussions if they win this game, because they can drop
from second overall pick to as low as seventh depending
on what else happens in the league today. If you're
the Giants, there's zero incentive to put a team on
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the field today, and the Cowboys have all the incentive
in the world to want to end the season strong
and feel like they have something to build on for
next year. We talked about the Cowboys on Thursday. We
talked about liking the Cowboys. We can't see why the
money is coming in on the Giants. We both feel
like we're missing something. In the seventy two hours since
we did the show on Thursday. What are we missing
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because the money is still coming into the Giants.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Yeah, I'm so glad you put it in the contest though,
just because it's just this is Seattle Fort Niners over again.
The pros I talked to, they're all on the opposite
side of me. I don't know what side you were
on for this one, but I like the Cowboys. Well, yeah,
I think we're definitely missing something because it's been like
you just said, it's been bet down all the way
to three. Yeah, book down, Like every book now is
popping three this morning. So really respect the money it's
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coming to the Giants because right now it's all the money,
all the tickets are on the Cowboys, and it's just i'matchina.
I don't get because the Cowboys have just owned the
Giants in this division. I mean just going through even
their last five six games. I think the last game
they played this season was in September and it was
that crazy Russ game, and if you remember it, Russ
put up thirty seven points and the Cowboys won forty
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to thirty seven.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
I like a seventy yard field goal by Audbury.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Last year, Cowboys beat him twenty seven to twenty, twenty
to fifteen. Two years ago they beat him forty nine
to seventeen and forty to nothing. So they just tend
to dominate and beat beat up the Giants team. And
I don't know, like you said, it's I'm completely blind
spot to this game. I just don't know what people
are seeing. Where I look at the secondary of the Giants.
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It's like this should be a field day for Dak,
like he should just be passing against air. Offensively, like
I said, they struggle against running quarterbacks. Maybe that's what
they're hanging their heat on Dart, keeping him in this game.
He's been playing well since he's come back from the injury. Yeah,
I just totally totally missing here. So I'm with Chad.
I'm gonna be with the public. I'm gonna take the
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three on the Cowboys now because I think that's such
a key number. But my God, is that this is crazy?
It's been bet down this.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Much, just Y. I don't know, like you said, what.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
They're expecting professional wise of this Giants team, but maybe
they really do think Dak Will will falter here and
Jackson Dart will keep this one close.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
All right? So right now our official five New Orleans
plus three and a half, Cincinnati minus seven and a half,
Detroit plus three and a half, Rams minus seven and
a half, and Steelers plus three and a half. If
we decide to make a change, we're gonna have to
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We're gonna lose the Rams number. So we're really gonna
have to put two games in because we're not gonna
take the Rams at thirteen and a half. So if
we want to get rid of the Saints, if we
want to get rid of the Lions, we really got
to figure out, all right, there's multiple games we're going
to have to change out, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
And want to be for the Eagles and the Cowboys,
do you know what?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Like that's the thing. I'm not not too crazy about
them either.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
I'm not loving changing out what we have or the
options that are currently available.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
I know that it right. We have what one good
line on the Rams. The rest are kind of what
they are, So I.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Don't mind the Bengals line, and like I don't mind
the Steelers line at all. To me, the biggest fears
are the Saints and the Lions.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Which is fair. Yeah, I would say that the only
worries me is honestly the Saints.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
But I like our five, all right, final five once
again Saints plus three and a half, Cincinnati Bengals minus
seven and a half, Detroit Lions plus three and a half,
Rams minus seven and a half. It's now with thirteen
dynamic lines. We put these picks in earlier in the
week just to lock some things in, and we got
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the Steelers tonight in the game to decide it all.
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Speaker 3 (28:02):
This ain't Ray Nitchke and Dick Buckets and Deacon Jones
over there, So let's.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Start kicking some hats. This team is not better us
than not even good
Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by hard Rock Bet. We
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
What a week of football we've had, My friend.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Dude, we can talk about the Indiana Hoosiers. I appreciate
everyone giving their love, attention, good karma, good vibes to
the Hoosiers. I will be going to Atlanta next week. Wow, Hoosiers.
Good man game for the final four game for the
Hoosiers against Oregon. Bigger news the Panthers body. They come
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through for us on the brass balls. It kind of
played out, no joke, exactly as we expected it to.
Bryce Young in the clutch at the end of the game,
making at least one play in the exact moment he
needed to make the play. This is why we've loved
the Panthers. It's why we've bet the Panthers. He's done
this so many times. They had that great graphic that
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he's had more fourth quarter ot wins than any quarterback
in the NFL since twenty three, twelve of them, twelve
of their fourteen wins in that time frame had been comebacks.
It was the full Bryce Young Carolina Panthers experience, and
we got it with the brass balls.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, bizarre game. I don't know about. When you flipped
on the TV, then you saw was trotial downpourn. I
was like, oh my god, this I was a little worried.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Yeah, this is gonna be quite an experience. But it's
also a reminder why we don't want domes. It's just
games in the elements, and you know, late December, early January,
that's just that's just the best. But yeah, this this
Bucks team, I don't know what they're gonna do in
the offseason.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I don't know if they're going to keep Todd Bowles.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
But in a must win game, you have Mike Evans
having two catches, you have Godwin with one catch, and
a Meca Book with one catch for eight yards. I mean,
it's so broken there. I don't know what they need
to do. But the first drive, Baker couldn't miss. Guys
were wide open, and the rest of the game was
just a brutal struggle. So yeah, very happy. We covered
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very emotional game. Unfortunately I was on the forty nine
ers side and that that did not come. That was
Purty's worst game I think I've seen him play in
his career. I think that's the only time Shanahan has
ever only scored three points as in offense.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
And I don't know about you.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I literally thought we were in that game the whole
first half and then basically they sacked Sam Darnold before
the first half ended.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Uh, and Shaneahan dies.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
A call on any of his timeouts, and yeah, it was
so weird, and I was like, oh my god, this
man has no confidence right now in this offense. So
tons of props Seattle's defense. They were the best unit
coming into the game. They showed up. You know, anytime
we hold you hold Seattle's offense a thirteen points, you
think think, all right, we should probably win or cover
this game. No, we got the worst gampossible. So one
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on one on the Saturdays, hopefully can bounce back. Today
comes Sunday.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
No, Trent Williams killed the Niners. That line moved to
three before kickoff. By the way, I know you were
worried about this. Rico Dowdo had ten yards rushing, he
did need seven to get to his million dollar bonus
in total scrimmage yards. He also had twenty five yards receiving,
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did not get as any time touchdown. So if he
didn't get his two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bonus,
he did get the million though, so good for the
Panthers to still be in it. Good for Rico Daudell.
Let's get into it. This is the strip down in
the room eavesdropping version of Sharper Square. We're going to
make some tough decisions today. You guys are going to
hear it all and then we will recap it later tonight.
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You can see the dynamic contest lines. Simon and I
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If you signed up to play at Sharper Square dot
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play the minute any time between Tuesday and Sunday. So
some of these lines were talking about there have been
crazy moves. If you were smart you've been keeping track
and paying attention, and you either put picks in early
and then you make changes later in the week, or
you're playing the lines as they stand today. Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Brother? It's cool?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
All right? First one up New Orleans plus three and
a half at Atlanta. We're kind of on this in
honor of the Tyler Schuck for a million dollars game.
It has real meaning now because if the Falcons win,
the Panthers are in the playoffs. If the Saints win,
the Bucks are in the playoffs. Chris Olave is out,
so that worries us. How do you think Tedorold McMillan
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had a really good game yesterday and obviously had catch
that put them in a position to score at the
end of the game. His odds for Rookie of the
Year have improved since last night, so it's a longer
number for Tyler Shuck right now. How are you watching
this game since you have significant opportunities in Tyler Shuck
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Rookie of the Year futures right now?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
And like I said, going to the game, if they
won the division, you know, Carolina wins the division, it'd
be hard enough to give the tet especially the fact
that win over one thousand yards.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah, he's over one thousand yards now too.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah, and it's just in a very very very weak
rookie class, he is the only one that really consistently
played well.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
The entire season for a team in contention.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, so's it's his award, and this type of game
where Shuck needs basically a throw for I don't know,
three p fifty two touchdowns, no picks, and win the game.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
That's basically the only way.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I could see him kind of pulling it out here,
just because he does have the opportunity. The last thing
people see tends to be the way a lot of
these voters vote. So he does show up and play
really well win this game, I could see him giveing
it to him.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
But you just said it's all it's all stacked against
him here. He's been against Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Team that is probably the healthiest they've been in five
six weeks defensively, offensively, and unfortunately for him, he's missing Olave.
So that's why this number has gone for three and
a half. So yeah, we're taking it. We have this
number locked in. It's just a tough week with these dogs,
Like a lot of these dogs I do like them,
but it's gonna be interesting to see how this one
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plays out, where I could see the Atlanta Falcons being
much more committed to this game than I can see
the Saints. Yes, I'm excited to see how this one starts,
just because for lucky enough Chat we get a big
seven oh start lead by the Saints, I'll feel much
more comfortable and throw down by fourteen going at a halftime.
It just feels the top game of third down here.
I know which conferdence I have in the Saints team.
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Where on the flip side with Atlanta, you know, as
good as they've been, they are another team that have
been totally upside down, up and down, I should say
this season. So we'll see Kirk Cousins is a big
three and a half point favorite. It's a lot of
points for Kirk to be catching these days.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
He's been much better. They've been much better with Kirk
Cousins the last five weeks than they were in the
beginning of the season with Michael Pennix. And now they'll
be full that they'll have Drake London, they'll have Kyle
Pitts let Bijon. Their defense have been playing much much better,
interesting matchup. It's one of there's two games in here
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that I'm pretty nervous about that we're going to talk
about in the first five that we have locked in
right now. Cleveland is Cincinnati Cincinnati minus seven and a half. Simon,
this is going to be rocking on her plays Better
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know the Bengals defense is suspect, but we are always
going to bet against the Browns on the road. And
I will say it again Joe Burrow. The past five
games take away that Joe's in his feelings game against
the Ravens where it felt like he was a ghost
and they lost twenty four to nothing. They're averaging nearly
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forty points a game, and we know that they are
the kind of team and franchise that talks about building
on success, and we know they like to win out
at the end of the year so they can go
into next year feeling good. They have talked about it.
So Joe is going to go out there backyarded up.
He loves playing ball. He's got Jamar Chase. He's going
to try to light it up as much as he can.
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I'm on the Bengals at the seven. I think I'm
also big on the Bengals and the Rams money line
today we're going with the Bengals.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I think we're both in the same place with this one.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
We think this is a total opening up, you know,
put up big numbers heading to the offseason.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Type of team for this Bengals sit every year, right
these teams. Yeah, look that's our word with the Landa
right now.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Like these teams, they peaked late in the season, they
win to finish in a high note. The Bengals line
up for all those things. On the flip side of Cleveland,
I gave out that stat since last year after a win,
last two seasons, they're zero and six against the spread
after a straight up win. So it's just a team
that does not handled success well. And we joked it's
all about the sack, right. I can just easily see
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this Miles Garrett getting the sack and then totally shutting
him down defensively and once he's out that just I mean,
it's kind of new neutralize their pass for us. So
give me a really interesting matchup, and I just cannot
see Cleveland's offense keeping up with since the offense I think.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
They're already down now.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
So they're down their star rookie running back and the
star rookie tight end. Yeah, it's all on standers here,
so just a bad spot for them. So yeah, we
we love this one, and I hope people can hear
this and get it now. This is just just like
all these other these love their favorites, going up way,
going up high. This is gonna get up to minus
eight mins eight and a half by kickoff. I think,
(09:58):
I just think tons of money. Just it's like you said,
the money line parlays are going to be factoring between
the Bengals, the Rams, all these teams. It's going to
drive a lot of these lines up. You can still
get Bengals seven and a half at hard Rock, but
a lot of other books now are popping up eight
eight and a half.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Another game that's making us a little bit nervous Detroit
Lions plus three at hard Rock. Bet it's three and
a half in most places. And in our contest, they're
visiting the Chicago Bears. All the conversation about the Bears
right now. Ken Kleb Williams get two hundred and seventy
yards to get to four thousand yards. I know Ben
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Johnson doesn't give a shit about that. He's going to
play the game plan that's going to give them the
most chances at winning this game and confirming their seating position.
We know they've got a little bit of an advantage.
They got to be thinking about that because the Eagles
are going to be resting starters, so money has been
coming in at least at hard Rock on the Lions line.
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The line has moved from three and a half down
to three. We are on the Lions here, Like I
woke up this morning and I'm like, why are we
on the Lions I have no feeling for this game
right now?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
You know we're supposed to be though. This is as
low as it can get for this Lions team.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
I just don't know when that's right.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
It's a bi low spot.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
It is the definition of one and it's a definition
of selling this Bears team that very very Like I
said all year, it's been so impressive what they've done
with just a rag tap to a group on that defense. Right,
They've had an insane amount of injuries, yes, and I
think you still lead the league in turnover margin, Like
it's just incredible.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
What they've done.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
They've been such a risker war type of defense. And yeah,
if you're a Bears fan, I think you have the
same mentality I do. You just need to outscore this
Lions team. That's what this is going to be all about,
just because the Lions are going to lay it all
out there, right. Their achilles heel this season has been
that offensive line. Do you guys have the guys that
can really make a difference on that defensive line? We
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do not, And that's the issue there. So I can
see this being like the old days of the Lions.
That Campbell's gonna try to run the ball thirty five times.
He just seems hell bent are running the ball in
this game and setting the tone and into the offseason
with this team. So yeah, the Lions, you know, I
can't get over how this point of a year it is,
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but they know it's.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Been the injuries.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
So for for this Bears team, can they live up
to this moment chat after having such a letdown? And
that's Sunday night game, right, they lost the one seed.
Now they're playing for the teacher. He's saw a huge deal. Right,
They're still gonna get up for that. But I'm really
interesting how these young team handles that. And that's that's
why I'm banking this Detroit team, especially the number. And
it's all money, all the tickets, everything is pouring in
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on this Bears team right now. Like I'm looking at
a couple of different books, eighty percent of the money
is on this Bears team. So you know, I get
where the polks coming from. The Lions have their last
time we saw them play, I think, but they have
five turnovers against the Vikings, just like themselves in a game.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
But it's the number, Chad.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
If it was two and a half, two, you could
have talked into this Bears team. But at three to
three and a half, come on, you gotta take the line.
The Bears, even against bad teams this year, they just
played close games. It's just who they are. They play
these type of close games. So give me the three
in the hook with this Lion's team, all right?
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Fulle Arizona at the Los Angeles Rams. Crazy line move
in this one. We've been talking about the Rams all week.
Hopefully people were listening. The line had been seven last Sunday,
we were betting at seven seven and a half. We
have locked it in at seven and a half in
the contest. This is going to be the pivot point
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game for us this week about changes we want to
make because the line is now thirteen and a half,
so we're getting a massive, massive advantage. We're getting a
great number in the contest. We've been betting it at
seven seven and a half a week. I would not
recommend anyone better at thirteen and a half. So we're
not saying take them, take the rams right now, put
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them in some moneyline parlays. But how are we not
loving this right now?
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
I love it, just like I said, though I think
I said if there's a show, I don't hate if
this number got up to what it is at now
thirteen thirteen and a half, just because what I talked about,
this is the type of game where McVeigh I can
never see him, you know, running the clock out. I
just think he wants to just get this offense and
then best rhythmiculd possibly get, which is just putting up
a ton of points. And I gave you my whole
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Stafford pitch about MVP. Yeah, he needs to get the
three touchdowns and he joins that magical club of Bradon
Aaron Rodgers of forty five touchdowns under ten interceptions, both
one MVP. So there are some weird numbers here where
the Rams are going to try to go after it.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
But you're right. The scary part is this number.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Jump six points because what they're playing for the fifth seed?
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Now, yeah, exactly right, kind of in insane movement. Yeah,
like we talked about, I hope people took the Rams.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
They could have got at a better number. And yeah,
this is not like you said we were locked in here.
If we were going to take any game, I think
we both agree it probably would be the Saints. But
this is such an a incredible value. I'm happy to
keep our picks as is, just because you're six points
of value here.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You know, my only other great is we didn't take
the Vikings, but this.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
One, Yeah, I regret that as well. My bad Baltimore
at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh plus three and a half. Lamar is playing.
This line hasn't budged. No, Lamar hasn't looked good all season,
struggling running the ball. He's now coming off a back injury.
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It's a raw Ram Mike Tomlin spot. The other day,
we were thinking maybe we like it more that Lamar
is playing instead of Snoop Huntley because we don't know
how healthy he's going to be, and there's a lot
of drama going on in the Ravens right now. End
of the day. I'll say it again, I don't think
this Ravens defense is very good. So to me, that's
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the on field value in getting the hook for the
Steelers at three and a half.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Yeah, and there actually is a little bit of lineman
like hard Rock in Jersey now has moved the four. So,
like I said, I think I said that on Thursday
Show that if Lamar does get cleared, you could get
some four to four and a halfs. The way it's
looking now, I do think we get there by kickoff.
I just think the public will keep coming on the
Ravens and just keep betting this number up. So I
do think you might be able to get a four
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if you're patient here on the Steelers, if that's what
you want. But you know, this is another game where
you try to make sense of it and you're gonna
drive yourself crazy. These matchups never make sense. You just
need to take the dogs and me and Chad we
paid dearly. I still look back. I cannot believe. We
can't believe we did it as a five and a
half point favorite, but even we get burnt here, it's
a long term winner. You just take this position on
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Pittsburgh and you really are banking on their defense to
show up. That's that's what we're hanging our hat on,
just because we know without DK, it's gonna be it's
gonna be hard to move the ball for the Steelers.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
You just saw that.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Like Roger's not having his safety val, that's a big
deal in his career. You go through all of Rogers history,
he always had a dominant number one. You could say, well,
he makes them the dominant number one. Yes, no one's
disagree with you. He made Jordan Nelson, Devontae Adams, you know,
James Jones, all these guys work. I just you saw
last week like three straight through his mvs. Not the
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position me and Chat want to be in, but it's
the exac scenario. Like I think he had a great
quote Aaron Rodgers. He said, how many times have I
played back to back bad games? Which I look through
it in his old age, he has had a couple
of back to back stinkers. But this exact pipe of
matchup like will playoff to make the playoff at home
as a dog. You know, Rogers has only been in
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the spot one of their time his career and he won.
So I know it's tough because he's an aging guy
and you know you're now taking away his number one receiver.
But it's the Tomlin voodoo. It's the Tomlin vood at
the in the day. And it's a weird game too.
I talked to Pittsburgh's tough their fans. They want to
lose this because they want to get rid of Tomlin.
I think they want Freeman, the guy from what is
a Notre Dame.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
He's not Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
I don't want to get too hard into college coaches.
I know how protective vory about your college. But if
I'm the Raiders Fernando Mendoza, I'm throwing the book at
your head.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Coach.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I do not care what his price is. I'm getting
the coach in the quarterback. But for this game, yeah,
I just you know, if we could get four and
a half, if people are listening live, and you can
get four and a half now because it is dynamic
lines and the lines are moving obviously, we'd much rather
be there, But I'm not scared off not only having
the three and a half.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I think that's perfectly fine number.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
We give the stats whenever it's three or above underdog
in this exact matchup at seventy one percent success rate
cover rate, it should say for the dog in the spot.
So give me Tomlin, give me this Steers plus three
and a half.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
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Which interesting to me about this game is that when
we thought Jalen Hurts might be starting, and he is not,
it is going to be Tanner McKee, the backup from Stanford.
The game was about seven, it's four. It was four
and a half when it was reposted with Tanner McKee,
so it's moved down. The Eagles love Tanner McKee. He
(21:09):
hasn't played, you know, in a game since Week eighteen
last year. You even intimated the other day on the
show on Thursday that as a fan and someone who's
paying close attention, you like Tanner McKee. So all of
a sudden, it feels like the Eagles are in play
for us.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Yeah, and it's unfortunately like we said, it's tough for
us to move any guys out because we have such
good numbers. But I love the Eagles here for this
matchup just because it's a lot of the guys I
thought we're gonna sit aren't gonna sit.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Right.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
They're playing a lot of people because they have to
because of injuries, and you know, key starters on the
defense and on the offense. You know Tanner, we talked
a little bit about it. I think he would be
one of the thirty two stars in this league. I
just think everything about him reminds me of Nick Foles.
He's just this really tall, strong, deep ball thrower and
he's really tough to take down the pocket on the
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flip side of Washington, I thought it was gonna Marryota.
That's why I think the number kind of fluctuated where
it was so low as it was, and now it's
come out that he's not gonna play.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
It's gonna be Josh Johnson here. So yeah, it's it's number.
It's coming up. Like you can get the four right
now at hard Rock.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Every other book is four and a half, and a
couple books have already moved the five.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
So it's just another line on betting.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I like the Eagles here, like this matchup, and if
this is, you know, a close game heading into the fourth,
you know, I think that favors this Eagles team. And
in many ways, I just think defensively, when you have
Vic Cole in these plays, you could turn up to
another level. And like I said, Brainer Graham's playing like
a lot of vets are still playing for this Eagles team,
especially on the defensive side. They just don't have enough
(22:41):
bodies to fill in. So yeah, give me. Give me
Eagles team against the Washington that's literally playing for nothing.
They've had their backs packed for two months now, I
mean just total total loss season and I just have
a hard time thinking the air and get up for
this game.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Dallas Cowboys at the New York Giants. This number is
three and a half in a lot of places, but
it's down to three at hard Rock. We know the
Cowboys are going to be going all out. It's a
chance to end the season completely mediocre. But Dak has
been playing great. Pickens is playing for a new contract.
They've got no reason to sit people. Their defense is
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bad no matter who they play. The Giants, there's real
repercussions if they win this game, because they can drop
from second overall pick to as low as seventh depending
on what else happens in the league today. If you're
the Giants, there's zero incentive to put a team on
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the field today, and the Cowboys have all the incentive
in the world to want to end the season strong
and feel like they have something to build on for
next year. We talked about the Cowboys on Thursday. We
talked about liking the Cowboys. We can't see why the
money is coming in on the Giants. We both feel
like we're missing something. In the seventy two hours since
we did the show on Thursday. What are we missing
(24:00):
because the money is still coming into the Giants.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Yeah, I'm so glad you put it in the contest though,
just because it's just this is Seattle Fort Niners over again.
The pros I talked to, they're all on the opposite
side of me. I don't know what side you were
on for this one, but I like the Cowboys. Well, yeah,
I think we're definitely missing something because it's been like
you just said, it's been bet down all the way
to three. Yeah, book down, Like every book now is
popping three this morning. So really respect the money it's
(24:24):
coming to the Giants because right now it's all the money,
all the tickets are on the Cowboys, and it's just i'matchina.
I don't get because the Cowboys have just owned the
Giants in this division. I mean just going through even
their last five six games. I think the last game
they played this season was in September and it was
that crazy Russ game, and if you remember it, Russ
put up thirty seven points and the Cowboys won forty
(24:45):
to thirty seven.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
I like a seventy yard field goal by Audbury.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Last year, Cowboys beat him twenty seven to twenty, twenty
to fifteen. Two years ago they beat him forty nine
to seventeen and forty to nothing. So they just tend
to dominate and beat beat up the Giants team. And
I don't know, like you said, it's I'm completely blind
spot to this game. I just don't know what people
are seeing. Where I look at the secondary of the Giants.
(25:11):
It's like this should be a field day for Dak,
like he should just be passing against air. Offensively, like
I said, they struggle against running quarterbacks. Maybe that's what
they're hanging their heat on Dart, keeping him in this game.
He's been playing well since he's come back from the injury. Yeah,
I just totally totally missing here. So I'm with Chad.
I'm gonna be with the public. I'm gonna take the
(25:31):
three on the Cowboys now because I think that's such
a key number. But my God, is that this is crazy?
It's been bet down this.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Much, just Y. I don't know, like you said, what.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
They're expecting professional wise of this Giants team, but maybe
they really do think Dak Will will falter here and
Jackson Dart will keep this one close.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
All right? So right now our official five New Orleans
plus three and a half, Cincinnati minus seven and a half,
Detroit plus three and a half, Rams minus seven and
a half, and Steelers plus three and a half. If
we decide to make a change, we're gonna have to
(26:09):
We're gonna lose the Rams number. So we're really gonna
have to put two games in because we're not gonna
take the Rams at thirteen and a half. So if
we want to get rid of the Saints, if we
want to get rid of the Lions, we really got
to figure out, all right, there's multiple games we're going
to have to change out, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
And want to be for the Eagles and the Cowboys,
do you know what?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Like that's the thing. I'm not not too crazy about
them either.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
I'm not loving changing out what we have or the
options that are currently available.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
I know that it right. We have what one good
line on the Rams. The rest are kind of what
they are, So I.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Don't mind the Bengals line, and like I don't mind
the Steelers line at all. To me, the biggest fears
are the Saints and the Lions.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Which is fair. Yeah, I would say that the only
worries me is honestly the Saints.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
But I like our five, all right, final five once
again Saints plus three and a half, Cincinnati Bengals minus
seven and a half, Detroit Lions plus three and a half,
Rams minus seven and a half. It's now with thirteen
dynamic lines. We put these picks in earlier in the
week just to lock some things in, and we got
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the Steelers tonight in the game to decide it all.
For the AFC North plus three and a half. This
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Speaker 3 (28:02):
This ain't Ray Nitchke and Dick Buckets and Deacon Jones
over there, So let's.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Start kicking some hats. This team is not better us
than not even good
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